Police & Law Enforcement

At least three residents said the idea reminded them of neighborhood groups established by Fidel Castro to keep tabs on dissidents.

A witness described the officers’ actions as “brutish” and ruthless.

The suit claims police boxed in the kidnappers in heavy traffic and failed to negotiate with them, making a violent confrontation inevitable.

Miami’s Civilian Investigative Panel found that police Sgt. Mario Menegazzo improperly handcuffed a UM doctor.

The grant award comes at a politically charged time when progressive activists are fighting to defund police departments.

Mayor Carlos Giménez said this time he won’t veto the police oversight panel.

In Broward County, moving into a gated community while Black can make someone uncomfortable enough to summon law enforcement.

During next Monday’s Miami-Dade commission meeting, the Independent Civilian Panel is getting one more chance at approval.

Amid calls to defund police departments, Coral Gables voted to spend $1.1 million on a police vehicle.

The Innocence Project and the Broward State Attorney’s Office helped recommend reduced prison sentences for 23 Broward defendants.

WLRN reporter Danny Rivero says Badge Watch is about creating more transparency and consolidating information for the public.

Diaz and Bovo said they opposed the measure because they and their constituents believe it’s anti-police.

South Florida PBA president Steadman Stahl says the recent proposal to reinstate the oversight panel is moving too quickly.

They allege that police are charging protesters with crimes “in what appears to be an attempt to cripple the protest movement.”

Yoinis Cruz Peña was killed May 27, 2018, after crashing his motorcycle on the Rickenbacker Causeway.

More than 30 protesters were arrested Sunday on a misdemeanor charge of obstruction of a public street, highway, road, or sidewalk.

Although Alfaro-Fonseca was arrested, his handwritten arrest report does not mention that any force was used.

In a veto message, the mayor said he disagreed with the oversight board having certain subpoena powers.

The fight for Miami-Dade’s Independent Civilian Panel isn’t over.

Because of his own experience, the man was shaken up when he saw the video of Officer Derek Chauvin pinning Floyd to the ground.

One tweet shows Silberberg boast about “Terrorizing broward county” while enjoying some doughnut-related job perks.

“Please, sir, you’re hurting me,” Oscar Julien-Riou tells a Miami police officer while he’s pinned to the ground.